Why aren't Tea Partiers wary of Ted Cruz, given his surname? Does he get a pass because he came in over the northern border?
Nah, I imagine it's their penchant for expediency. They believe what they believe unless it's inconvenient.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Rush Limbaugh, tactician.
Rush Limbaugh is in the business of twisting the truth into unrecognizable shapes, and at making things up. Every day he leaves the rest of us a little mess to untangle, a little story to debunk. Then the next day, he's on to something new.
He actually made me laugh the other day, though, when he claimed that the "polar vortex" that brought a nasty cold snap to the U.S. was something newly invented by the left to explain how global warming could be so cold. He claimed he'd never heard of the polar vortex, and so it must be newly fabricated for the event. I laughed because I had never heard the term "polar vortex" either. Probably most of his listeners never had. Most of his listeners don't do much reading or exploring on their own. They don't wander far from Daddy.
Truth is, "polar vortex" is an old concept, a name that describes an event that doesn't happen often. It's in the record. It is possible to go back and check facts for yourself. But tomorrow will bring some new tactic from Rush.
When science and the public record are not on your side, when everything you say is wrong, all that's left is tactics.
He actually made me laugh the other day, though, when he claimed that the "polar vortex" that brought a nasty cold snap to the U.S. was something newly invented by the left to explain how global warming could be so cold. He claimed he'd never heard of the polar vortex, and so it must be newly fabricated for the event. I laughed because I had never heard the term "polar vortex" either. Probably most of his listeners never had. Most of his listeners don't do much reading or exploring on their own. They don't wander far from Daddy.
Truth is, "polar vortex" is an old concept, a name that describes an event that doesn't happen often. It's in the record. It is possible to go back and check facts for yourself. But tomorrow will bring some new tactic from Rush.
When science and the public record are not on your side, when everything you say is wrong, all that's left is tactics.
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